Door pull



N 4, 1952 G. E. cuRTlss, JR 2,616,122

DOOR PULL Filed Nov. 25, 1949 26 INVENTOR 28 GEORGE E cu/er/ss JR.

w 5PM /2 7 A77 NEYS Patented Nov. 4, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE-1Y1;

DOOR PULL George E. Curtiss, Jr., New Britain, Conn., as-

signor to The Stanley Works, New Britain, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application November 25, 1949, Serial No. 129,302

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to improvements in door pulls of the type having a face plate arranged to be attached in flush position on a movable panel such as a slidable door, the plate having adepressed finger engaging recess or depression extending rearwardly from the plate and arranged to be received within an aperture or depression formed in the panel to which the plate of the door pull is fixed.

When it is desired to mount flush-type door pulls on movable panels which are relatively thin, for example, a panel which is A of an inch thick, it is necessary to form a recess in the panel substantially for the full thickness of the panel in order to provide a finger engaging recess of effective depth suitable to afford ready engagement by the fingers of the user. Formation of such a recess without marring the surface of the panel opposite that to .which the flush plate of the door pull is mounted is difficult and timeconsuming.

If it is desired to mount door pulls in opposition to each other on such a relatively thin panel so that a finger engaging recess is provided in opposite surfaces of said panel, only a very shallow finger engaging recess may be formed in each door pull if the pulls are mounted in direct opposition to each other. In the above example of a A" panel, a finger engaging recess of less than of an inch, will be the maximum that can be formed in the flush-type door pulls when mounted in direct opposition to each other on opposite sides of said A" panel. Such a shallow finger engaging recess is not ample to provide an effective grip for a door pull.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a flush-type door pull for use on relatively thin panels of the order, for example, of /2" up to .1' in thickness, and provide said door pulls with finger engagin recesses or depressions having a depth substantially equal to the full thickness of the panel, said finger engaging depressions being provided at one side of the median line of the flush plate of the door pull, whereby a pair of such door pulls may be mounted on opposite sides of a thin panel with the finger engaging depressions of the two door pulls mounted in side-by-side relation to each other and only a single aperture need be made through the panel of sufiicient size to receive both finger I engaging depressions of the door pulls in such side-by-side relation.

It is another object of the invention to provide the flush plate of each door pull with a relatively wide skirt which serves to cover the portion of the aperture in the panel which receives the finger engaging depression of the door pull mounted on the opposite side of the panel.

Details of these objects and of the invention, as well as other objects thereof are set forth in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing comprising a part thereof:

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an exemplary pair of relatively thin slidable door panels, each door having a pair of flush-type door pulls mounted thereon in opposition to each other and attached to opposite surfaces of the doors in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a door pull embodying the principles of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the door pull shown in Figure 2. a

Figure 4 is a reverse plan view of the shown in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of a pair of door pulls embodying the present invention positioned to be inserted in an aperture formed in a fragmentary portion of a panel in accordance with the principles of the present invention.

Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 illustrates an exemplary panel arrangement with which the present invention may conveniently be used. In this figure a doorway I0 is shown having a pair of slidable doors l2 and Hi mounted in closed position therein. Said doors are illustrated as being formed from relatively thin panels of any suitable material such as plywood. The door panels may slidably be moved relative to each other or slidably moved back into a door receiving recess extending into the wall from one side of the door J'amb. Such recess arrangement is necessary when only a single door panel is used to close a doorway or other opening.

To facilitate the sliding of the door panel from either surface thereof, the panel is formed with an aperture 16 extending therethrough, the same best being shown in Fig. 5. A pair of flush-type door pulls 18 comprising the present invention are respectively provided with a preferably elongated finger engageable recess or depression 20 which extends substantially along one side of the median line of the flat flush plate 22 of each door pull. The portion of the flush plate along the opposite side of the median line of the door pull comprises a skirt 24.

In view of the disposition of the finger engageable recess 20 along one side of the median line door un of each door pull, a pair of the door pulls may be mounted relative to the aperture IS in the door panel by disposing the finger engageable recesses 20 within the aperture I6 in side-by-side relation to each other, whereby said recesses will be staggered relative to each other as viewed in plan w in Ha. The, flu h plates. 20 of the door pulls are disposed in flush positions on opposite sides of the door panels and the skirts 24 thereof are respectively mounted so that the skirt of each door pull covers part of the aperture [6 and thereby conceals the recess portion 20 of the door pull on the opposite side of the door panel. It will thus be seen that door pulls comprising the present invention may easily be mounted on the door panel, only a single aperture l6 being required to be formed in the door panel to. accome modate the recess 20 of both of the door panels.

In view of the side-by-side mounting of the recesses 20, it will be seen that even when such deor'pullsare mounted on arelativelythin panel of the; order of between to 1" inthickness, the finger engageablerecesses 28 ofthe doorpull may befmade substantially as deep asthe thickness; of the panel. Further,such anarrangement permits the useof sucha relativelydeep finger engageable recess in both door pulls mounted in juxtaposition on opposite sides of the panel; whereby a highly effective and readily engageable finger recess is provided on both surfaces of the panel;

The flush plates 22, including the shirts 24; are fixedly secured to the opposite surfaces of a door panel by any suitable means such as screws 26, each flush plate being prov-ided adjacent the corners thereof with screw holes 28. However, referring particularly to- Figures 2 and 4; it will be noted that two of the screw holes adjacent one side edge of the flush plate are closer to said edge than the other two screw holes mounted adjacent the QpQsite sideedge of the skirt, 24. Such diflerent spacing insures against interference of the screws 25 when being positioned in the door panel from opposite sides for resp ctively securing the flush plates and skirts of" the door pulls to the opposite surfaces of; the door panel. 7

In this description and the appended claims, th term door pull is not to beconsidered re-' strictive since door pulls such as described herein readily may be used in conjunction with any types of panels in which finger engaging depressigns, or recesses, are desired and particularly where such recesses are desired to extend'inward from opposite surfaces of such panel substantially in opposed juxtaposition to each other.

Itwill'" thus be seen that, in accordance with the present invention, a pair of door pulls may n xp ns vely anu a t r d nd; moun e n a r l ively t in pane p s o. prov e n, opposite surfaces thereof and in juxtaposition to each other a pair of fin er e a ea l r cesses. which each have a. depth. substantially equal. to the thickness of the panels in: which the recess. por tions. of the door pulls are mounted. Furthernrore, as distingu shed from. (1001' pulls. which pr vi usly e ten ed, only partway into panels, 7

thin. r ot rwisel nd. r quired mor sing. ov form recesses to accommodate the recess portions of. the door pulls, the door pulls comprising the present invention may readily be mounted in a door or other type panel simply by boring holes through the door in two or more corners of an outline of an aperture of sufiicient size to accommodate two finger engageable recesses of the door pulls positioned in side-by-side relationship within said aperture and then completing said aperture merely by a sawing operation with a suitable saw. such as a keyhole saw. or the like. The flush; plates and skirts: of; the door; pulls of the present invention may then readily be mounted relative to said aperture in the panel by placing the recesses of the door pulls in side-byside; opposed relationship within the aperture thus formed in the panel and securing the flush plates and skirts to opposite surfaces of the panel by suitable screws. In mounting the door pulls as aforesaid, the aperture formed in the paneliscompletelyconcealed by the flush plate and skirtpf each door pull and such door pulls mounted on opposite sides of a panel present a pleasing and sightly appearance.

While the invention has been illustratedand describedin itspreferred embodiment and has included certain details, it should be understood that the invention is notto be limited to the precise details herein illustrated and described since the same may falling within the scope, of theinvention as claimed.

I claim as my invention:

1. For usewith a relatively thin door panel havinga through; opening- Of generally rectangularoutline and having a doorpullmounted on one side of the panel; said door pull comprising a-fiat plate covering the opening and formed with an inwardly extending boss forming a finger engageable recess extending vertically along one side of; the vertical median line of the opening, d pull comprisi a t ma o i' ars size than. the opening adapted to be fastened to. the opposite side of the panel'across the opening said plate having an inwardly extending boss forming afinger; engageable recess having a depth of more than half' the thickness of the door for insertion into the opening in side by side, relationship, with the bossof the first named door pull-buton the opposite side ofsaid verticalmedian'line and having a skirt portion oflarger area. than the boss for extension across thesaidt vertical' median line andfor-overlying the remainder of the opening, and concealing the boss of the first named c1001. pull.

2. A door pull as defined in claim 1; in which the fiat plate. thereof is generally rectangular and is provided with screw holes adjacent the corners thereofl the holes on one side of the verticaimedian line ofg theplate being located unsvmmetrically with respect to the holes on the opposite side of the said; median line,

GEGRGE E. CURTISS JR REFERENGES GIT'ED- The following references are of record in the file of, this patent;

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